New Zealand Gazette – 1898 – No. 54

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✨ Vital Statistics

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 54

Vital Statistics, June, 1898.

REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the month of June, 1898:—

RETURN of the Number of Births, with the Actual Mortality of Males and Females, and the Proportion of Deaths to Population, in the under-mentioned Boroughs, during the month of June, 1898.

BOROUGHS.	Population of Principal Boroughs, with all their Suburbs. Census, April, 1896.	ESTIMATED POPULATION, JANUARY, 1898.	TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS.	DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN JUNE, 1898.							Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, June, 1898.	Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Mean Population of the Year 1897.
				Males.			Females.			Total Deaths.
				Under 1 Year.	1 & under 5 Years.	5 Years and over.	Under 1 Year.	1 & under 5 Years.	5 Years and over.
Auckland ..	*	32,274	85	4	2	7	1	..	13	27	0·84	12·99
Birkenhead ..		750	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5·64
Devonport ..		3,205	9	..	..	2	..	..	..	2	0·62	8·63
Newmarket ..		2,041	3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	12·53
Newton ..		2,580	14	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	0·39	6·18
Parnell ..		4,233	8	..	..	2	..	..	..	2	0·47	12·65
Other suburbs ..		*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs	..	45,053	119	4	2	12	1	..	13	32	0·71	12·14
Wellington ..		40,220	95	4	2	21	7	1	20	55	1·37	12·03
Karori ..		1,038	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	6·76
Melrose ..		2,220	7	2	..	..	1	..	..	3	1·35	3·34
Onslow ..		1,313	4	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·76	4·63
Totals Wellington and suburbs	..	44,791	108	6	2	21	8	1	21	59	1·32	11·25
Christchurch ..		17,257	28	3	1	4	1	..	4	13	0·75	13·15
Linwood ..		6,348	17	..	..	3	..	..	3	6	0·95	11·47
St. Albans ..		6,265	14	..	..	1	..	..	2	3	0·48	9·42
Sydenham ..		10,630	27	..	1	1	..	..	3	5	0·47	10·63
Woolston ..		2,228	7	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	9·30
Other suburbs ..		*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs	..	42,728	93	3	2	9	1	..	12	27	0·63	11·54
Dunedin ..		23,323	46	5	1	13	2	..	4	25	1·07	11·81
Caversham ..		4,829	12	..	..	3	..	..	6	9	1·86	15·59
Maori Hill ..		1,548	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	6·56
Mornington ..		3,787	5	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	0·26	6·04
North-east Valley ..		3,515	6	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	0·28	10·17
Roslyn ..		4,219	6	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	0·24	8·10
St. Kilda ..		1,294	1	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	0·77	1·61
South Dunedin ..		4,762	10	..	1	1	..	..	..	2	0·42	9·46
West Harbour ..		1,395	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5·05
Totals Dunedin and suburbs	..	48,672	89	5	2	21	2	..	10	40	0·82	10·45

*The remaining suburbs do not lie within borough boundaries, and particulars respecting them have not been obtained for the Vital Statistics.

Deaths occurring at hospitals, of persons not residents of the borough wherein the hospital is situated, have been allotted in each case to the borough where the disease was contracted, and not to that in which the death actually took place.

The total births in the above boroughs amounted to 409, against 425 in May, a decrease of 16. The deaths in June were 158, a decrease of 38 on the number in May. Of the total deaths, males contributed 89, females 69. Thirty-nine of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 24·68 per cent. of the whole number; 30 of these were under 1 year of age. There were 37 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: Four men, 65, 68, 71, 77, and six women, 65 (two), 66, 77, 85, 90, died at Auckland; four men, 68, 72, 80, 82, and five women, 68, 70, 73, 79, 81, at Wellington; three men, 78, 79, 84, and three women, 69, 75, 77, at Christchurch; and nine men, 65, 66 (three), 67 (two), 72, 76, 77, and three women, 70, 72, 79, at Dunedin.

THE following Table shows the Causes of the Deaths of Persons of both Sexes under 5 Years of Age and 5 Years and upwards, and the Proportion per Cent. of Deaths from each Cause, in the Boroughs above given, registered during the Month of June, 1898.

CLASSES.	CAUSES OF DEATH.	AUCKLAND AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS.	WELLINGTON AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS.	CHRISTCHURCH AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS.	DUNEDIN AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS.	TOTAL.	PROPORTIONS PER CENT.
		Under 5 Years.	5 Years & over.	Under 5 Years.	5 Years & over.	Under 5 Years.	5 Years & over.
I.	Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases	1	5	3	4	1	1
II.	Parasitic Diseases	..	..	..	..	..	..
III.	Dietetic Diseases	..	..	..	1	..	..
IV.	Constitutional Diseases	..	4	..	13	..	7
V.	Developmental Diseases	..	1	2	2	1	3
VI.	Local Diseases	2	13	9	21	2	9
VII.	Violence	2	2	..	..	..	1
VIII.	Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes	2	..	3	1	2	..
	Totals ..	7	25	17	42	6	21